Definition of magmatism in English:
magmatism
noun ˈmaɡmətɪz(ə)mˈmæɡməˌtɪzəm
mass nounGeology The motion or activity of magma.
Example sentencesExamples
- The contemporaneity in ophiolite formation and felsic arc magmatism suggests that intraoceanic subduction started soon after the opening of the ocean basin.
- Lithologies, stratigraphy and magmatism in the southern tract compare well with those described from the Karamba Complex in the Ladakh Himalaya, further west along the suture zone.
- The associated magmatism resulted in intrusion of volcanic rocks into the sedimentary basins, magmatic underplating at the base of the crust, and large amounts of extrusive material.
- These igneous rocks record the extensive magmatism that resulted from northward subduction of Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Lhasa terrane.
- Prior to Cretaceous magmatism, the region underwent three major episodes of deformation.
Definition of magmatism in US English:
magmatism
nounˈmaɡməˌtizəmˈmæɡməˌtɪzəm
Geology The motion or activity of magma.
Example sentencesExamples
- Prior to Cretaceous magmatism, the region underwent three major episodes of deformation.
- The contemporaneity in ophiolite formation and felsic arc magmatism suggests that intraoceanic subduction started soon after the opening of the ocean basin.
- The associated magmatism resulted in intrusion of volcanic rocks into the sedimentary basins, magmatic underplating at the base of the crust, and large amounts of extrusive material.
- These igneous rocks record the extensive magmatism that resulted from northward subduction of Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath the Lhasa terrane.
- Lithologies, stratigraphy and magmatism in the southern tract compare well with those described from the Karamba Complex in the Ladakh Himalaya, further west along the suture zone.